Tag Archives: Cycling

Monday, 8 August 2016 Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten entered intensive care after suffering three cracked vertebrae in a stomach-churning high-speed crash during the Olympic road race on Sunday. The 33-year-old was leading the race and 10km from Olympic gold when she tumbled over her handlebars on a tricky descent, …

Thursday, 21 July 2016 Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara quit the Tour de France on Wednesday at the end of the 17th stage to concentrate on his bid for an Olympic Games gold medal. The 35-year-old, nicknamed ‘Spartacus’, is the second high-profile rider to pull out of the Tour in two days …

Tuesday, 19 July 2016 Chris Froome dismissed suggestions he’s got the Tour de France wrapped up, pointing to four tough stages in the Alps to come. French sports newspaper l’Equipe ran a headline saying “Sans rival” — without rivals — at the end of the first two weeks of the …

Monday, 18 July 2016 Reigning Tour de France champion Chris Froome believes his Sky team-mate Woeter Poels would be a leader in any other outfit. Poels was the one Sky team-mate to stick with Froome all the way to the end of Sunday’s mountainous 15th stage and did the bulk …

Monday, 18 July 2016 Jarlinson Pantano said his stage 15 victory at the Tour de France showed the world that Nairo Quintana is not the only talented Colombian cyclist. The 27-year-old Pantano gained the biggest victory of his career on the 160km mountainous stage from Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz on Sunday. …

Tuesday, 12 July 2016 Chris Froome and his Sky manager Dave Brailsford have questioned the tactics of chief rival Nairo Quintana at the Tour de France. The defending champion led the Colombian by 23 seconds ahead of Tuesday’s 10th stage from Andorra to Revel, back in France. But over three …

Monday, 11 July 2016 A group of German riders led by Tony Martin and Marcel Kittel have published a paper demanding safety changes in cycling. But time-trial specialist Martin complained that organisers of major cycling events such as the Tour de France haven’t taken the suggestions on board. “I thought …

Monday, 11 July 2016 Race leader Chris Froome said the Tour de France will suffer form the absence of Alberto Contador, although admitted it would make his own life easier. Contador succumbed to illness and injury during Sunday’s ninth stage, quitting just over 80km into the 184.5km trek through the …

Tuesday, 5 July 2016 Losers are taking unnecessary risks because they’re bitter towards the winners, sprint star Mark Cavendish has claimed. The Manx Missile won his 28th stage at the Tour de France on Monday, claiming victory by a whisker from German Andre Greipel. It put him second on the …

Tuesday, 5 July 2016 French cyclist Nacer Bouhanni, also a reputed amateur boxer, is suing four men over a late night hotel fight that saw him miss the Tour de France with a hand injury. The fight started when Bouhanni complained about noise and resulted in the 25-year-old Cofidis sprinter …